Get to Know the Class of 2019

Published on August 24, 2015

Students Bring Range of Interests

We proudly welcome the Class of 2019 to the Colorado College campus.

The incoming class had a record number of applicants – 8,064, which resulted in an admit rate of 17 percent, a record low. The incoming class hails from 44 states, the District of Columbia, and 20 foreign countries. Additionally, 25 languages are spoken.

Of the class, 13 percent are from Colorado; 25 percent from the West; 15 percent from the Midwest; 15 percent from the South; 23 percent from the Northeast; 9 percent from abroad; and 26 percent are students of color.

The Class of 2019 includes:

62 first-generation college students and 36 gap-year students

Two licensed pilots, two beekeepers, and a storm chaser

A student who biked around the world and another who biked 1,000 miles around the circumference of Nova Scotia

An American Idol backup singer

A student who developed a pill-sorting robot for Alzheimer’s patients and another who authored a textbook on electrical circuitry

A student who raised $146,000 for Relay for Life and another who created an anti-bullying campaign